Trait compensation and sex-specific aging of performance in male and female professional basketball players

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1523-1532

  Lailvaux, Simon P ^a   Wilson, Robbie ^b   Kasumovic, Michael M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensation; Life history; Sex differences; Trade offs; Whole organism performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84899985313     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12375     Document Type: Article

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